As the sun sets
The other night I was driving home with Jack and the sun was starting to set. Jack was getting upset because he didn’t want it to be night time, that meant it would be time for bed soon, and he...
View ArticleFoundations
I was thinking about things today, as news comes in and out, and I realized that despite the fact that as I said…life is hard, I feel really good. I feel good about life. I feel good about moving...
View ArticleDay 8 – A helping hand (really two…or two thousand)
The storm surge 24 hours before Isaac was up to the sea wall already. (I don’t know those people who were walking out into the water…I was too scared to do that.)The empty lots near where my nephews’...
View ArticleDay 10 – Anger management?
Tonight I am thankful, honestly thankful, that I did not punch the wall. I remembered that last time I punched a wall when I was a teenager… it hurt. And even though I really, really, really, really,...
View ArticleDay 17 – Movies and moving forward
Jack fell asleep unusually early tonight, and somehow I ended up watching Toy Story 3 alone, and not changing the channel. You can call me a sap, but everyone I know cried during the movie, so I’m...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!! This is an old post, and actually from my book, but it is perfect for today because it begins to embody what thanksgiving is supposed to be about. Truly being grateful...
View ArticleThankful for Losing?
So, whilst watching “The Voice”… the only singing show I watch anymore, I thought about the different people who will be losing, because there are a whole lot of people with talent in the world who...
View ArticleBursting the independence bubble
You know how you grow up with an idea of what independence is? You know, especially as a teenager, that you will “grow up,” graduate high school and be independent. You will make your own decisions;...
View ArticleWhere rises inspiration, rises hope, even if it is from a “silly, little show.”
This is the Beatles’ first appearance on Ed Sullivan via http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHuRusAlw-Y So, while watching “The Voice” tonight one of the judges commented that this is a “silly, little...
View ArticlePondering the ‘end of days’ talk
This is my mom and her siblings on a trip leaving California when she was little. I just happened to run across it on my computer, and thought I’d share. I really don’t have much to say, but I guess...
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